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AMERICAN ROUTES ON INSTAGRAM
XMAS WITH DIANA KRALL AND THE HEATH BROTHERS
There’s no place like home for the holidays. Our guests for this holiday version of American Routes wax nostalgically in words and music. Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall recalls her childhood on Vancouver Island and how those traditions are being carried on in her own home today. Jimmy and Tootie Heath of the Heath Brothers reminisce about a life in jazz and their late brother Percy. Baby, it’s cold outside. Stay in, snuggle up and enjoy.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Silver Bells Heritage Hall Jazz Band with Greg Stafford
New Orleans Christmas, Putumayo - Jingle Bells Diana Krall & the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra
Christmas Songs, Verve - Swingin' Them Jingle Bells Fats Waller & His Rhythm
The Spirit of Christmas Past, Living Era - Shake Hands with Santa Claus Louis Prima
Breaking it Up!, Columbia/Legacy - Zat You, Santa Claus? Louis Armstrong with the Commanders
Louis Armstrong & Friends: What a Wonderful Christmas, Hip-O - Santa's Second Line New Birth Brass Band
A New Orleans Christmas, NYNO - A Party for Santa Claus Lord Nelson
Xmas Marks the Spot, Rykodisc - Instrumental: We Three Kings of Orient Are John Fahey
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album, Takoma - May Everyday Be Christmas Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong & Friends: What a Wonderful Christmas, Hip-O - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Jimmy Smith
Christmas Cookin', Verve - I Pray on Christmas The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Solomon Burke
Go Tell It on the Mountain, Real World - Instrumental: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The George Shearing Quintet
Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet, Telarc - Please Come Home for Christmas Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
New Orleans Christmas, Putumayo - Snow is Falling Ray Charles
The Swingtime Records Story, Capricorn - SEGMENT: Diana Krall
Listen - End Bed: White Christmas Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
HOUR two
- Our Little Town The Heath Brothers
Jingle Bell Jazz, Columbia - Last Month of the Year The Fairfield Four
Standing in the Safety Zone, Warner Bros. - I See Mary and Joseph Joseph Spence
Bahamian Guitarist, Arhoolie - Cherry Tree Carol Pentangle
Solomon's Seal, Reprise - Greensleeves John Coltrane
Ballads: Deluxe Edition, Impulse - Instrumental: Sleigh Ride Duke Pearson
Jingle Bell Jam: Jazz Christmas Classics, Rhino - SEGMENT: Heath Brothers
Listen - Home for the Holidays Betty Carter
Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album, Verve - Santa Baby Kelly Willis and Bruce Robinson
Happy Holidays, Boars Nest - Footprints in the Snow Marty Robbins
Rock'n Roll'n Robbins, Bear Family - Instrumental: Skaters Waltz Hank Thompson
Favorite Waltzes by Hank Thompson, Capitol Nashville - Blue Christmas Willie Nelson
Pretty Paper, Columbia - River James Taylor
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, Nonesuch - My Blue Heaven Norah Jones
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, Vanguard - I'll Be Home for Christmas Fats Domino
Christmas is a Special Day, The Right Stuff - End Bed: White Christmas Booker T. & the MG's
In the Christmas Spirit, Atlantic
